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Re: bash expansion question
- To: gnuwin32 <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: bash expansion question
- From: Don Sharp <Don dot Sharp at dddandr dot octacon dot co dot uk>
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:35:15 +0100
- References: <3.0.5.32.20000412235451.00939d30@pop.ma.ultranet.com> <38F5E02C.B11CF6B1@deadbeets.com>
- Reply-To: dwsharp at iee dot org
I remember "sh" giving this trouble (short selection) when it is "ash".
Are you sure "sh" == "bash" ?
Cheers
Don
Jason Dufair wrote:
>
> "Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc)" wrote:
> >
> > At 09:28 PM 4/12/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Hello -
> > >
> > >I have cygwin b20 running on WinNT SP6
> > >
> > >at the command line I get the following:
> > >
> > >$ foo=bar/baz
> > >$ echo ${foo%%/*}
> > >foo
> > >
> > >However, if I have the following in a script:
> > >
> > >foo=bar/baz
> > >echo ${foo%%/*}
> > >
> > >and then run it, I get
> > >$ test.sh
> > >ba
> > >
> > >It seems to be dropping one too many characters. It seems I've either
> > >found an expansion bug or I'm misunderstanding something. Testing this
> > >on my linux box (bash 1.14.7), it works as expected. Can someone
> > >clarify this for me? Thanks a lot.
> > >
> >
> > Sounds like a text/binary thing to me. Try setting adding "binmode" to
> > your CYGWIN environment variable and restarting bash...
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, Larry. I tried it and it seems to have had
> no effect. Can anyone duplicate this by chance?
>
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